The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has been approached by a number of local areas requesting support to strengthen and monitor the local Neuro-Development/ Autism Pathway. Through supporting these areas, CDC has developed a widely applicable step-by-step process for thinking about pathway redesign and evaluation, which places the voices of children, young people and parent carers at the heart of decision-making.
CDC was invited by regional leaders in the South West to deliver a workshop on this approach, giving local leaders and parent carer representatives an opportunity to discuss local strengths and challenges of working in this way.
This support was provided through the Delivering Better Outcomes Together programme, funded by the Department for Education.
CDC would like to thank all of the individuals and local areas who have contributed to this resource, particularly those who have shared their examples of good practice.